Bottle wiper



Feb. 14, 1939. J. FREEMAN 2,147,250

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This invention relates to wipers, for containers, and its general object is to provide a wiper that is primarily designed for use in removing water and moisture from beverage bottles and the like, and especially after they have been taken from a refrigerator or cooler, so that the bottles will be substantially dry which renders them easy to handle as well as prevents the accumulation of water on tables and the like when the bottles are set thereon.

A further object is to provide a bottle wiper that is capable of use in wiping the outer surface of the bottle, merely by drawing the bottle through the device, with the result it will be seen that water and foreign matter is removed from the bottle in an easy and expeditious manner, and with minimum eort on the part of the user.

Another object is to provide a bottle wiper of the character set forth, that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely efcient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and speciiically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a sectional view taken through the wiping device which forms the subject matter of the present invention, and illustrates the same applied to a bottle, with the latter in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the device.

Figure 3 is a view of the body thereof.

Figure 4 is a view of one of the elastic wiping disks.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken therethrough.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference numeral I indicates the body of my wiping device and which as shown is preferably hollow and of substantially fiat cylindrical formation. The body may be made into a pair of superimposed sections with an annular flange formed on and surrounding each section, with the flanges disposed one upon the other and fixed together by welding or other suitable securing means. In any event the upper and lower walls of the body i are provided with inwardly extending annular grooves 2 for a purpose which will be presently described, and the walls are likewise provided with centrally arranged openings disposed in registration with each other, as shown in Figure 1. vSecured to the body through the instrumentality of bolt and nut connections 3 for disposal on the upper and lower surfaces thereof, are disk plates 4 and 5 which have openings about their peripheries to receive the bolts, and each of the disk plates has annular tongues d extending inwardly therefrom to be received in the annular grooves 2 for securing the outer edge portions of yleldable disk wiping members I with respect lo to the body. The disk plates are likewise provided with centrally disposed openings registering with the openings of the walls of the body, and the upper disk plate about its opening is upwardly dared as at S to provide a seat for the upper disk 15 wiping member, and the lower disk wiping member also is provided with a seat by the upwardly flared portion I0 about the opening of the lower wall of the body.

The yleldable disk wiping members 'I extend 20 inwardly beyond the openings of the walls of the body, and have circular openings II concentrlcally disposed with respect to the openings of the body and the disk plates, so that when a bottle or' other container is passed through the 25 openings, the edge portions of the openings Il of the yleldable wiping members l will be exed and in Wlpingengagement with the bottle, thereby wiping water, moisture'or other matter therefrom, and as some suction is created in the chamber provided'by the body I, when the bottle is passed through the wiping member l, matter adhering to the bottom of the bottle is removed therefrom by the suction, as well as air currents created by the wiping portions of the members 1 returning from flexed to normal position, as they leave the lowerend of the bottle, as will be obvious upon inspection of Figure 1.

The upwardly flared portions 9 and I0 prevent damage or breakage to the disk wiping members 40 which are preferably formed from rubber, as will be apparent.

I may likewise provide a splash shield for my wiping device, and the shield in the form as shown is of cylindrical formation in that it includes a circular wall I2 and an upper wall I3, which is provided with an opening I4 for the passage of the container or bottle therethrough, and the circular wall l2 has formed thereon an outwardly directed annular 'dange l that is 5o secured to the upper disk plate by any well known means, such as screws or the like.

My wiping device may be xecl to a refrigerator or cooler by suitable bracket means, and when a container or bottle is taken from the cooler, it as is passed through the wiping device in a manner as above set forth, and clearly shown in Figure 1.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the' invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A wiping device for containers comprising a hollow substantially flat cylindrical body including flat upper and lower superimposed walls, each having an opening centrally arranged therein for registration with each other to provide a container receiving passage, said walls having inwardly directed annular grooves therein, yieldable wiping means having openings therein registering with the rst openings and extending inwardly from the edges thereof for disposal in the upper plate and the lower wall of the body being4 upwardly ared in curved formation about the openings thereof to provide curved seats for and in the path of the yieldable means, means extending through the plates adjacent the outer edges thereof for securing the plates on said Walls of the body and the yieldable means fixed in the grooves and a splash shield secured to the upper plate and rising therefrom about the opening thereof.

JOHN FREEMAN. 20 

